If you don't fight, you will win, and if you fight, you will win. Although he knows that there may be an ambush in the port, Chris is very confident in his tactics.
He led seven warships directly into the port. After docking, he first landed the infantry, and then the artillery landed after forming a military formation.
The artillery landing process is the most dangerous. It takes sixteen soldiers fifteen minutes to transport thousands of pounds of artillery to the shore. What Chris is most worried about is encountering an enemy surprise attack at this time, but unexpectedly
Unfortunately, the enemy did not appear at this time.
Chris sighed. After fighting against each other so many times, it seemed that his brother didn't make much progress.
He let the horses pull the artillery cart at the front, followed by the infantry. After crossing the square of the port, he chose the widest road, but after walking not far, he found that the road was blocked by stones and sand.
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The enemy was indeed prepared. Now Chris faced two choices. The first choice was to take a detour from the side road, and the second choice was to let the soldiers clear the roadblock directly.
Taking a detour might lead to an ambush, and clearing the roadblock would waste time. Before Chris could make a decision, the sound of war drums suddenly came from the alley next to him.
Chris was shocked and hurriedly asked the musketeers to prepare to fire, and the artillery changed its direction.
But the enemy's arrows arrived one step ahead of them. Thousands of archers suddenly appeared on the houses on both sides, raining down arrows. In the blink of an eye, dozens of infantrymen were shot out of range and fell to the ground dead.
The soldiers set up their muskets and began to fight back, but the tall wall blocked the bullets for the enemy. The artillerymen adjusted their positions and prepared to fire on both wings. Unexpectedly, a group of cavalry came towards them, jumped over the roadblock, and charged directly into the artillery army.
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Chris was stunned. The enemy's tactics were very sophisticated and they restrained him at every turn. They took advantage of the terrain, shortened the distance of the fight, took advantage of the inconvenience of artillery movement, and directly entered into close combat.
Fortunately, the number of enemy troops was not large. The number of cavalry that rushed into the formation was about two hundred, and the number of infantry that rushed from all sides was no more than a thousand.
But Chris's soldiers fell into panic. The artillery fired randomly and the infantry fired randomly, while the enemy concentrated their efforts on killing the artillery.
Chris realized one thing. These people were not the army of the Lion Kingdom. They were too well-educated in combat and had extremely strong tactical execution capabilities. In just a few minutes, half of his artillery had been killed.
The artillery could no longer be counted on, so Chris called to the infantry shield commander and asked them to reorganize their formation. It was not until the infantrymen raised their shields with difficulty that the battle situation improved somewhat.
If you want to take advantage of weapons, you must have a stable formation. Hiding behind the shield, the musketeers can calmly change bullets, and the grenadiers have the opportunity to light grenades. After several battles, the soldiers finally entered a combat state.
Unexpectedly, the enemy troops retreated.
They heard the sound of the horn and disappeared into the night.
There were only a dozen enemy corpses left on the ground. Chris looked at their armor carefully and couldn't help but take a deep breath.
They are soldiers of the White Tower Kingdom, and only they have such sophisticated armor.
Chris's weapons had an absolute advantage, but the enemy only lost less than twenty people, but they took away more than a hundred of Chris's infantry and two-thirds of his artillery.
The streets were empty, as if nothing had happened.
The royal capital is still ahead, but Chris has no courage to move forward.
He met the most powerful soldiers in the world, and judging from the opponent's sophisticated tactics, he also met the best generals in the world.
Chris ordered the soldiers to clear the roadblock. After crossing the street, he encountered an enemy ambush again.
This time, the enemy troops invested more force, and Chris was more fully prepared. After half an hour of fierce fighting, the enemy troops retreated again. Although both sides suffered similar casualties, Chris had lost half of his troops.
In this case, Chris decisively chose to retreat. If he encountered the enemy again, what awaited him was likely to be annihilation.
But when he retreated to the port, he found that the enemy had cut off his retreat. Under the siege of twenty White Tower warships, four of his seven warships had sunk.
Chris immediately organized artillery to attack the enemy ships. If the remaining three warships could not be saved, all the soldiers, including himself, would die in Golden Lion Harbor.
The cannon opened fire on the shore, and the White Tower cavalry rushed over from behind. Chris ordered the musketeers to die. There was no need to skimp on ammunition or any tactics. Chris's mind echoed Modesa's words over and over again.
, those who survive will eventually have everything.
Although the White Tower people have powerful crossbows and trebuchets, Chris's weapons still have the absolute upper hand. Moreover, the White Tower people have a fatal weakness. They are too sensitive to battle losses. Under normal circumstances, generals will not allow battles.
The loss exceeded 10%.
Under the indiscriminate bombardment of artillery, the White Tower Kingdom's fleet retreated. Chris saved three warships and withdrew to the camp as quickly as possible.
But the battle was not over. Alice forced Yalishan to come to the battlefield again. Under Yalishan's command, the Sand Demon launched a fierce attack from a direction away from the coast. With the cooperation of the Golden Lion Army, the camp was on the verge of being lost.
Chris tried his best to hold on until dawn. When the enemy's offensive eased slightly, Chris gave up his position and led his soldiers back to Lianyucheng.
This is not a false defeat, but a real escape. Chris is confident that he can defeat the Golden Lion Army. If he fights to the end, he may be able to defeat the Sand Demon Army by luck. But if the enemies of the White Tower Kingdom attack again, Chris will
All we can do is sit back and wait for death.
He needed time to think about why the White Tower Congress provided reinforcements to Charlemagne? And where did these sand demons come from?
Among the people he knew, Reggie was the one who had the most contacts with the White Tower Kingdom, and the one who had the most interactions with the Sand Demon. Chris immediately sent a messenger to seek answers from Reggie.
At the same time, Alice decided to launch a counterattack. Narses naturally followed his advice, and Alishan didn't have many objections. However, Joruus, the general of the White Tower Kingdom, had different opinions.
"We will not fight with the evil spirits," Joruus said very firmly. "Either let the evil spirits leave, or we leave."
Alice has no good impression of all warriors. In her opinion, warriors are the lowest, simplest, and dirtiest tools. They should just obey orders without any thought at all.
"General, you are not qualified to withdraw troops without the consent of the head of state and the civilian assembly."
"It seems that you know the White Tower Kingdom very well," Joruus said with a smile, "I said I wanted to leave, but I didn't say I wanted to withdraw my troops. The White Tower Kingdom gave the general enough freedom, so I can find a safe place."
The place will watch you fight until all your wizards and demons are dead!"
"What if something happens to our Majesty? What if Charlemagne is killed in this battle?"
Joruus was startled. He didn't expect that Alice had really found his weakness. There is nothing wrong with being passive and slacking off. After all, this is not a war in the White Tower Kingdom. But if you are passive to the point of letting the king of a friendly country lose his life, this is a serious dereliction of duty.
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"Okay, if His Majesty Charlemagne goes on an expedition, we should follow him," Joruus forced a smile, "I really want to see how low the King of Lane can sink!"